Sheikh Bhikhari

Sheikh Bhikhari (1831-8 January 1858) was an Indian independence fighter during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.

Biography
Sheikh Bhikhari was born in Ranchi, Bihar, India in 1831, and he came from a family of Ansari weavers. He became a general under Tikait Umrao Singh during the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, and he cut down trees to prevent the British from taking Ranchi. In 1858, he and Singh were capturred and hanged for treason.